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URLwire for Tuesday, March 15, 2004  
 
New Thirteen/WNET Site Combines Web, DVD-ROM to Help Teachers Create World, Jewish History Learning Environment 
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On the new Teaching Heritage Web Site, educators explore the richness of the Heritage: Civilization And The Jews DVD-ROM for expanding the classroom experience 
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http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/teachingheritage/
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Teaching Heritage is Thirteen/WNET's initiative to help teachers build powerful world and Jewish history learning environments using the award-winning HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS DVD-ROM. It shows educators how best to use the DVD-ROM's resources through an extensive workshop, a tour of the DVD ROM, and unique lesson plans and tips.
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Thirteen/WNET New York’s Educational Technologies department has created a new Web site that promises to help teachers use the power of DVD-ROM technology to create media-rich, multidisciplinary lessons – quickly and effectively.  

The Teaching Heritage site (http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/teachingheritage/) demonstrates how to use both the technology and the historical wealth of the Heritage: Civilization And The Jews DVD-ROM – a remarkable resource that traces the history of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present.  

In addition to the award-winning nine-hour documentary series hosted by the late Abba Eban, the DVD-ROM contains an interactive historical atlas, a timeline of Jewish and general history, 100 original multimedia presentations, an anthology of historical documents from every period of Jewish history, and more than 3,000 articles from the Encyclopedia Judaica. 

Teaching Heritage helps teachers use the HERITAGE DVD-ROM to bring the enduring drama of the Jewish story to life in a form more compelling and illuminating than ever before possible.  “Heritage is a virtual Jewish history library in a box,” explains Brigitte Magar Matsuoka, director of educational technologies for Thirteen. “Many teachers who own the DVD-ROM find that it is not only an excellent source of data and images, but so much more. The Teaching Heritage Web site can help educators create whole units that take students on a voyage of discovery through time.”

The Teaching Heritage Web site provides a free professional development workshop that shows educators how to use DVD-ROM technology effectively in the classroom.  In addition to DVD-ROM basics, teachers will learn how to integrate resources from a DVD-ROM into powerful multimedia presentations for the classroom.  Educators will also find expert-developed, standards-based lesson plans that provide unique pathways for learning with the Heritage DVD-ROM.

The Teaching Heritage Web site is a production of the Thirteen Educational Technologies Department, a leading provider of innovative programming, online education, and professional development for educators and producer of Ed Online, Thirteen’s online resource for educators, parents and students.  Sandy Goldberg is the producer of the site.  Brigitte Magar Matsuoka is executive producer of the site.  Carmen Di Rienzo is Thirteen’s vice president and managing director, Corporate Affairs. 

The Heritage: Civilization And The Jews DVD-ROM boxed set is a production of the Kravis Multimedia Education Center at Thirteen/WNET New York. Executive producer and editor-in-chief is John G. Fox, who served as series producer of the original Heritage: Civilization And The Jews broadcast series. Anthony Chapman, director of Interactive and Broadband for Thirteen, is executive in charge.

Major funding for the Teaching Heritage Web site was provided by the Charles H. Revson Foundation.

Major funding for the Heritage: Civilization And The Jews DVD-ROM boxed set was provided by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Estate of Mortimer J. Harrison and The Jacob Burns Foundation.

The original Heritage: Civilization And The Jews series is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York. Executive producers are Arnold Labaton and Marc Siegel. Major funding was provided by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, Petrie Stores Corporation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 
 

Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for public television, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Wide Angle, Stage on Screen, Secrets of the Dead, and Cyberchase – as well as the work of Bill Moyers – to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers each week, airing the best of American public television along with its own local productions such as The Ethnic Heritage Specials, The Thirteen Walking Tours, New York Voices, and Reel New York. With educational and community outreach projects that extend the impact of its television productions, Thirteen takes television “out of the box.”  And as broadcast and digital media converge, Thirteen is blazing trails in the creation of Web sites, enhanced television, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, educational software, and other cutting-edge media products. More information about Thirteen can be found at:  www.thirteen.org.

For further information contact Edward Gregory of Thirteen/WNET New York at 212.560.2074
or gregory(-at-)thirteen.org    
 

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